STUDIES ON THE FORMATION OF ENDOGENOUS ALCOHOL IN BLOOD TAKEN FROM CORPSES, DEPENDING ON THE BODY SITE FROM WHICH IT WAS COLLECTED, AND TIME AND CONDITIONS OF STORAGE

Problems of Forensic Sciences 1997 Vol. 36 (XXXVI) 32-43

STUDIES ON THE FORMATION OF ENDOGENOUS ALCOHOL IN BLOOD TAKEN FROM CORPSES, DEPENDING ON THE BODY SITE FROM WHICH IT WAS COLLECTED, AND TIME AND CONDITIONS OF STORAGE

Grzegorz ZADORA¹, Zofia CHŁOBOWSKA², Andrzej PARCZEWSKI¹
₁Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Cracow
₂Institute of Forensic Research, Cracow

Streszczenie

The results obtained from the determination of endogenous ethyl alcohol and higher alcohols in the blood of dead persons, depending on the collection site, and time and conditions (temperature and air access) of storage, are presented in this paper.

Słowa kluczowe

Ethyl alcohol; Propyl alcohol; Endogenous alcohol; Blood; Gas chromatography.

Andrzej PARCZEWSKI
Grzegorz ZADORA
Zofia CHŁOBOWSKA